The first weekend of women’s college soccer saw beautiful goals, high-scoring blowouts, and a historic Spanish victory to close the Women’s World Cup. The NCAA’s on-the-road reporter Andrew McDevitt was out following the action.
Here are McDevitt’s top 5 teams following the opening week of the 2023 season.
5. Florida State
The Noles continue an unbeaten 17 non-conference game winning streak after a pair of hard-fought road matches in Texas. Sunday’s second half against No. 9 TCU saw two goals in the span of two minutes and 20 seconds, boosting the Seminoles to a 2-0 victory with forward Taylor Huff scoring her second of the weekend. Florida State will take a week off before hosting South Florida on Sep. 3.
4. Virginia
Two games, three braces from three different players. The Cavaliers slide up a spot after back-to-back 5-nill wins to start their season over Nevada and Radford. Virginia showcased the depth of their roster with braces from freshman Allie Ross and sophomores Meredith McDermott and Maggie Cagle….